Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-18
State News.
ANDRosCoGGIN.

About 1000 scholars are attending the
French Canadian parochisl schools at Lew
ton. There are 475 in the eight classes at the
Lincoln street school; 500 at the Academy of
the Freres on Bates street, and 76 at the
| school OF the ASYLUM.
The plan of the Bates College observatory
has been drawn by Architect Coombs of
Lewiston. 1t will be so feet long. and 40
feet high at the top of the dome The great
telescope will be Is feet long with ~ inch
aperture. The observatory will be in charge
of one of the first astronomers in the coun-
try and will be connected with the leading
observatoIes Ill the country and the world.
FRANKLIN.
At the last term Of court in Franklin coun-
ty Il. I Kimball of the Rangeley Lake Hotel,
Harry Pierce of the Oquoccoc Hotel, at
Rangeley and Samuel Farmer OF the Baden
House az Phillips, were convicted under the
liquor iac.
Abner Sesrles of Rsngeley, received sem
tauca in court Friday morning, of one year
and six months of hard labor in Sta,e prison
at Thomaston, for attempt to remove j.
Wesley Durham, says the Phillips Phono-
graph
| There are Sc pupils now in the Norway
| High School. The attendance last week was
| fitting for college course. All the village
schools are fully attended and never were in
better condition. The teachers are giving
excellent satisfaction.
| Col. Edwards of Bethel was in town,
Thursday. He has a contract with the Grand
Trunk railroad company, to furnish large
number of railroad ties. c. b. Cummings
will get out as many ties as possible for him,
this winter. The Colonel will furnish the
Bridgton railroad with $4,000 ties.
PESoBscoT.
Gilbert L. Fenlason, a brakeman on Com
| ductor Hammond's train running from Ban
gor to Vancebor), while assisting in unload
ing a hogshead OF molssses at Kingman,
Friday forenoon, had his leg broken below
the knee. The skid on which they were roll
ing the nossses slipped. Mr.. Fenason was
fortunate in having an accident policy of
$50 per month. He was carried to his home
in Mattawamkeag by special train.
WALDO.
BRANCH MILLs.-Our correspondent writes
! Oct. II A delegation of seven members
from Branch Mills Lodge, /. O. G.. r., at
tended the Grand Lodge of Good Templars
at Waterville last Friday, viz; J. II. Greedy,
Z, NJ. Dove, Edgar E. Dove, Bertha A.
DOVE, Cly6s o. Spaulding, Franc p. Spauld
ing and Woodbury. Jones. They reported a
very pleasant and harmonious session.
Branch Mills Lodge is in a very prosperous
condition. The lodge adopted the credit
system short time since, and though it has
been in operation but little
while. yet the interest has in-
proved wonderfully, and is steadily improv-
ing During the present quarter three new
members have been received and two more
names are in pending initistion.-Rev. Willis
Mitchell preached at the Union church last
Sunday in the forenoon and at the Psrmenter
Hill school house in the afternoon.
Mics Annie Besne has gone to
Pennington to attend the Normal School.
j. W. Mitchell, State Constable from
Belfast was in town last week on official busi-
ness.-Mrs. Jennie Wiley of Texas is visit
ing at A. s. Beans.
FREEDOM. Our correspondent writes,
Oct. IL The farm buildings of Benson B.
Weed in the south part of Unity were burned
Oct. 18th. 1t is stated that Mr.. Weed, who
had been to Freedom village earlier in the
evening, went to his barn about nine o'clock,
with lighted kerosene lantern, and under
took to go up ladder for the purpose of
catching some hens, bat the ladder fell and
he came down with it setting fire to the hay.
There was besides the hay and grain, one
hog, a moving machine. horse rake and other
farming tools in the barn that were burned.
Most Of the household goods were saved.
The insurance upon the buildings and their
contents is said to be 81 400. Mr.. Weed has
moved into tenement belonging to b. b.
Bryant in this village for the present
WASHINGTON.
The Calais Advertiser says there is some
i'll feeling on the border at Calais over the at
tempt of American carpenters to keep Prov
, inco carpenters from working on this side
| h.,h la.r tipf,
the matter enforced. The Bluenoses began
the trouble by excluding our mechanics from
working over there.